The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-14
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Twenty Years-A Bail Jumper Hides
In a Trunk Murder at Tallapoosa.
GEORGIA.
A new church is to be built at Midway.
Sam Jones is conducting a revival at Car
fersville
Elberton's new bank has begun business.
The deposits on the first day were about
5000.
Gov. Gordon will be in Macon with ex.
President jefferson Davis i'll attendance on
the State fair.
Dr. G. W. Gardner, of Atlanta, is on
trial for criminal intimacy with a negress
named Mary Hunt. Gardner has a wife.
The City Council of Brunswick has pur-
chased the Baptist church for a school room,
under the new regime. They paid 5000 for
the building and three lots.
The House General Judiciary Committee,
at its meeting Monday, recommended the
passage of the bill providing that the liens
of mechanics and labererS shall be good for
120 days or four months.
AT Griffin Monday, Henry Wimberly. an
extra hand running on the Savannah, Griffin
and North Alabama railroad, mad his leg
cut OIL by the engine while attempting to
Jump on the cow-catcher
Prof. J. T. Newton, principal of the r. r.
Lee Institute, at ThomaSton, has received
an appointment in the War Department in
Washington, at a salary of $1,000 per
annum, and has rendered his resignation to
the board of trustees to take effect at once
AT Dublin Sunday night house near the
court house square was totally destroyed by
fire There was no insurance The house
was owned by w. b. Burch, and occupied
by James NJ. Holland, formerly of looms
boro, and w. F. Smith. The fire was acct
dental, and loss amounts to 81 900 or 81, 300.
At Atlanta Monday night about 10 O'Clock
a white child, apparently only few days
old, was left on the steps of the residence of
+. X. Blyly, IS Calhoun street The child
was well dressed and was wrapped up in a
handsome shawl and rested in basket. The
child was given to lady residing at 10
Jenkins street, who will adopt it,
In the United States Circuit Court, at At
lanta, there was filed Monday a suit instl-
tuted by the United States against Samuel
N. Dorset W A. Sayar, S. A. McErrich
and j. I. James, Sureties on the bond of s.
n. Dorset, former postmaster Of Douglas.
vile. The suit is for the recovery of COM
missions illegally retained by said Dorsett
as postmaster in 1884 1885 and 1885.
Gov. Gordon has received an invitation
from the President of the Southern Forestry
Congress to-attend the third annual congress
of that body at Huntsville, Ala, Oct. 81.
1t is not known what disposition the Gov
ernor will make vi the invitation. the time
of meeting being too far removed at present
to permit him to tell whether his public
duties will allow him to attend. The Gov
ernor is understood to be in full sympathy
with the work of the congress, and viii no
doubt be present if he can find the time and
can do so without neglecting public duties.
Agricultural Commissioner Henderson is
in daily receipt of letters from parties who
desire TO be appointed as oil inspectors at
the various points mentioned in the bill
passed recently by the House. The COM
pensation of these inspectors will vary in
amount from 81, 200 TO 81, 800 per annum
A provision of the bill will prevent in
spectors of commercial fertilizers from ac-
cepting places as oil inspectors, the bill in
tending to keep these offices separate.
Under the old law governing the inspection
of oil in this State it is charged that in
spectors made fees out of their Office aggre-
eating several thousand of dollars each
year.
There appears to be some feeling on the
part of some of the Senate Committees that
the House Committees have not acted upon
the Senate bills with promptness and dis
patch that has characterized the action of
the Senate Committees in regard to House
bills. An ex parte statement discloses the
fact that all House bills have been promptly
considered by the Senate Committees, while
the Senate bills are piled up on the desks of
House Committees, many of them not hav-
ing received any attention at all 1t is I'M
derstood that well known chairman of
prominent Senate Committee sent word to
the corresponding committee in the House
that he would not act on House bills until
some of the Senate bills were disposed Of
Principal Keeper Towers said Monday
that nothing had been heard of the four
convlcts who escaped from the camp on the
Augusta and Chattanooga railroad The
guard who had charge of the prisoners made
off also, and has not been heard from 1t
appears that his flight was due entirely to
fear of prosecution for allowing the escape,
as 1t is not supposed by any one tnat there
was any collision between him and the es-
capped convicts. The law requires every
lessee to pay to the State the sum of $500
for each convict that escapes, and w. b.
Lowe q Co. will thus lose $500 by this es-
cape Sixty days are given the lessee with
in which TO pay this amount, that time
being intended TO give him an opportunity
to recapture the men.
1t seems to be pretty we'll taken for
granted by the people generally that the
General Assembly will pass the pardon
board bill. This bill provides for three Par
don commissioners, to be appointed by the
Governor. The board is only temporary.
lasting until July, 1888, but the pay is suf-
nclent TO make 1t an object of some con-
sideration, the members receiving the same
mileage as members of the Legislature and
So per diem. Already it appears that ap-
plications are being received by the Gov
ernor for places on the board, as we'll
known gentleman who frequently gets on
TO news in the executive office said yester-
day that the Governor was in almost daily
receipt of applications. The names of those
applying could not be ascertained.
A shooting affray occurred near Messrs.
Enterlrin g. Puckett's saw mill, about two
miles from Tallapoosa Monday morning
early, between two of the mill employees
named Brooks and Argro, both white. The
report is that they had difficulty Sunday
night near the mill at house of i'll repute
Argro drew pistol on Brooks. Brooks
Monday morning stole Mr.. PuckettS pistol
which is 44-calibre, and was in a road near
the mill, when he discovered Argro concealed
in the brush of a tree top. No sooner had he
seen Argro than he drew the pistol and fired
one shot at Argro. He then ran off, leaving
his antagonist pierced through with the bull
let, which was well aimed, striking him in
khe breast and coming out opposite its en-
trance, through the back 1t Is said that the
wounded man shouted pitifully until assist
ance came to his relief. He also had a pis-
tol in his grasp when found, and il is be-
lieved that he had taken this position to
shoot Brooks as he passed. He died late
Monday night.
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